Remarks by Rachel Freeman
284 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 11 of 12
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“okay any final questions for kim before i entertain a motion hey kim how do we reconcile having this increase increases with the density caps we have it's a fair question with whether it's internal or detached”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“open to that but yeah I hope it's for the the last round of discussions we had at your work session is there anyone here to speak on this item good great any questions for Kim yeah I was just wondering the DRC comments talks about the tree requirements and how you know we want to make sure they're not not exempt from tree requirements but then when I'm looking down the code I'm trying to figure out this green strike through the landscaped area shall include street trees is this getting rid of this is this ad like do you do you know or because they the recommendation is to have them have the…”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yep. Can I just ask one more question? Sorry, on the code. We're under two. It says customer and employee parking shall be clearly designated and posted. So what does it mean by, I mean, I understand it's designated, but posted, is that a requirement to have it like a placard mark?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, I think I agree with all this code. I just think that we do have to have it designated. But that's probably where I would just end the sentence.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Just because, just like with other businesses, I just allow them to label it if they want. I mean, it's designated. If they want to label it with a sign, great. If they don't, I don't know. That's just how we could modify it. They can designate how they want to designate, I guess. That's still my only thing.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Have we always had them kind of together? Yeah. So it's automobile rentals. It's not like rent. something else for your house or something. Right, yeah. That's specific to auto rentals.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, I move to approve item 5.8, consideration of ordinance 2026-32, approving the development code amendment to both table 5.030-B and section 12.1330, updating the regulations for automobile sales, businesses, and rentals, apparently. And I would submit that we strike and post it on number two. Second.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“other point so you go ahead Rachel I saw you reaching for the microphone and then I'll come back well if the applicant or the developer is here I was going to thank them for their patience we could table it and I think that it and just everyone who hasn't been involved in this process I think that I just appreciate the time to provide input and I first heard about this also in December and and um i think it's come a long way i think that it's it's kind of like the budget it's taken a lot of patience on a lot of people's part thank you for that so um i think there's a few little things here…”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“We can't require them to do that, right?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Can we require the traffic impact study, like the first half of that idea, that we require a traffic impact study, but then we don't require a timeline? for the completion of the alternative? Because we don't have that. I don't know.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“that is obviously a line that we can't cross well that and that's something that concerns me because i was reading through the updated document with all the suggestions from council and most everything was backed up by like state code or this proposal and and I think if we have that and it was already in there like these are already agreed upon entity like things then that's fine and here it talks about parking and it talks about transit ridership But it doesn't really talk about roads much in the proposal. It doesn't talk about transportation, unfortunately. I mean, it does talk about public…”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Maybe come back with an amendment You know after you explored that topic and maybe found an avenue that we can for sure.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“And it's all transit-oriented here, I guess. That's what I'm finding. Yeah. When, how long, I mean, Brad, let's say, you know, you presented us with an idea for transportation last night, but that takes months to kind of integrate into the master transportation plan and then possibly, you know, explore those things. I mean, I would say at least six months, but what's kind of the timeline on that sort of thing?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“But I would also like to say I don't think we can require area plan amendments. So I would strike that instruction that we try to amend the area plan, because we can't do that. And we can't force the developer to do that. Just at the beginning, I think it was instruction to staff to look into amending the area plan.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, there's one thing I talked about with a few. I think Heather suggested it. If we look under five, it says developer will support transportation solutions, we're talking about transportation again, that do not adversely affect the Thanksgiving Point golf course or the project. And I believe that in the multiple, like, I thought that we stroked, striked? Yeah.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yes, and I just want to clarify the retail requirement as a trigger because in the proposal, the projections show the first development is a 70,000 square feet of retail. So that's another justification there for that.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Just want to thank Ryan again for all his hard work and”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Agreed. Yeah, if the developer feels like it. Ryan said.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yes, and I just, from my reading of this, it looks like this just clarifies and implements state code, the proposal, and all of the founding documents. Council Member Lockhart.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“I would feel comfortable eliminating the entire section, or at the minimum, the last sentence, because I, from a month ago, expressed concern over this.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“So I would be, I think I would be very happy to eliminate section four.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“So if we pass this, it is... we're like we can look look into the transportation which could take months or whatever time but we can we can pass this we can pass interlocal without problems with striking oh you're just worried that the amendment might i mean you're worried that the amendment might take a long time to come back so it would delay passing You know, the developer wanted us to vote on this, what, a month ago? And it says time is of the essence twice in here, actually. And I just want to make sure that we are looking at that.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Well, if we table it, could we strike section four the next time it comes back? Yeah.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 5:28:59
“Thanks, Marlon. Oh, hey, Marlon. We'll stay this long just so you know. Thank you. We have more questions?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Can we also eliminate one of the time of the essence things? Just as a duplicate, that's all. Redundancy on either 15 or 17.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026